Controlling device for record-controlled machines



June 1 1926. 1,587,033

, J. R. PEIRCE CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR RECORD CONTROLLED IACHINES Filed y 9, 1924 3 ShgatvShoot 1 June 1 1926. 1,587,033

J. R. PEIRCE CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR RECORD CONTROLLED MACHINES Filed Jul'y 9-, 1924 a sunken. z

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' J. R, P EIRQE CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR REGORb CONTROLLED MACHINES Filed July 9, 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 i vwgutoz i w a v The presentinvention relates to a finder I such control number. j i Referring to the drawingmwherein I have Patented June 1,; 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT men JOHN noYnnn rninonor mew YORK, n.

Y., ASSIGNORTO XNTEENATIQNAL IBUEJZ- NEflS MACHINES CORPORATION, 01? NEW YORK, N. Y., A CGRPORATION 01? .NEW

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, Application Med July h,

i .This invention relates'to control devicIesn for perforated card-reading machines.

my vcopending application, Serial No.

' 682.365, filed Deoember 24, 1923, for accountchine to continue accumulating operations,

""When acard having a difl'erent group com I trol number is .presented'at thefsens'ing station the reading of such ne'wgroup' control number does not agree with the, number flocked into the findenand the finder then -controls the operation of certain parts of the machine, causing stoppage :of the feeding of cards, and the aettin up of the machine to take atotal of the atathat had been no cumulated fromthe cards of the previous adapted to operate in such a machine to controljthe machine when a ehan'georkurs in a the card groups. In my aforesaid application the finder disclosed what may-be termed a doublecontrol finder, that is; it is 1 adapted to" take reedin s vfrom two group wcontrol numbers, "and w en a change" occurs in one number it caused the machine to oer- 85 form certain totaling operationmand when a change occurred'm the other group numher it caused the'maehineto" take a different kind of total. In the presentginvention the finder is adapted to read biit one cup con "4 trol numberfan'd to set up'certain' contro1-'.

" ling elements when achangeftakes plaoein shownwhat I now eonsider to bethe pre- 4 ferred form of my invention: .f'

- 1 is a sectional side elevation of the finder with certain vcontrol buttons and connecting mechanisms.

Fig.-2 'isafront elevation of the finder,

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'15 fromrising. doted lines 26, has pin and slot connecoonrnonnrno nnvxqn'ron nndonn-oonrnonnnn eraenmns.

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base. 2 and S represent t he front and rear frames, respectively, of the finder. Sn

ported between the plates 2 and 3 are gui plates 4 and 5 for therear, enlarged, square ends 6 of the sensing pins 7. In Fig. 2 a member 8 carries a plate 9, el'iown in dotted lines, having slots through which the pins 7 pass. Collars 10 are fixed to the pins 7 so that when the member 8 moves to the left in a manner more fullydescribed in the said copending application, the pins 7 will be withdrawn from the card 11,.while when the member 8'moves to the right to, release the g ilriis the latter willbe pressedby springs 12. e sme portions 6 of the feeler pins are pr vi d with stoilimtabs 13; At right angles e square mem re 6, and reaching downlocked pins 14,-, carried in mframe 15. The pins 14 are springpressed upwardly with respect to their frame 15 b 1 springs 16. The frame 15 is attached at 1 and'li to levels 18 and 18, and fulerumed at 19 and 19' to the black frame 3 and frontframe-2, respectively. The levels 18 and 18 have 55!: and slot connection to toggle devices one of which toggle device'sis connected at its intennediate point 22 h a link 23' attaehedto the member 8. T as, when the member 8 rocks forward to permit the toggles 20 are broken. This permitssprings 28, attached at their lower ends to ears 24 on the frame 15, and at their upper endato the frames 2 and 3, tofiraise the frame lfixwith thepins 14. Some oftheeepins will nowengage the stop tabs 13fand be prevented from rising. 5 Presnm'ing the card being read to be the first card in the machine, the several pins 14 are locked against movement relative to their. frame 15,1) :1 looking plateflo oooperating withta s 26 on the pins 14 the F ate-in such instance, being in a relatively eft han'd position, as shown in Fig. 2, the plate 25.being adapted to slide laterally in the freme'15, and being adapted to move 11g and down with said frame. The ins 1 being thus locked with respect to t eir frame 15, and someof them being pre ventedfrom. rising, will prevent the frame A bell crank, shbwn in tion at 27 witlythe .frame 15. and a re? silient connection with an arm 28) If the frame 15 vrises, the arin 28 is rocked sEsT AVAILABLE cos clockwise as viewed in Figs. 2 and 3, into the path of the end 29 of a lever 30. This lever has connected thereto a downwardly extendin link 31, having a pin 32 at its lower ent adapted when depressed to enga e an arm of a bell crank 34:, held normal y in the position of Fig. 1 b a spring 35. The lever 30 is loose on a siaft36, which shaft has fixed thereto a lever 37 connected by a s ring 38 to the lever 30. The shaft 36, accor ing to my aforesaid application, is constantly rockin hack and forth during the operation of the machine, so that when it turns in..a clockwise dlIBCtlcIl, as viewed in Fig. 1, the link'31 will normally be depressed but when the carriage 15 rises and act-uates the bell crank 26 the arm 28 will be moved to the position of Fig. 3 into the ath of the end 29 and will prevent lever 30 rom following the lever 37 and the link 31 will not be de ressed.

If the ever 28 fails to move into the path of the end 29 0t lever 30 then when the shaft 36 rocks in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 1, the lever 30 will take its full stroke, depressing link 31 so that the pin 32 will actuate the lever 34:. T he latter lever carries a pin 4-0 adapted to cooperate with a cam for per 41, on a lever -:12, so that when pin moves to the left, lever 42 will be turned'cloclrwise about its pivot to unlatch a lever 43 to permit the latter to move from its dotted line position to its full line )ositihn. Ihis lever is connected by a lin all to a hell crank -15 which, in turn, is connected by a link 6 to a hell crank 47, pivoted to the fragile 18, and also connected to the-- start key 49. It will be recognized that when-the start key is pushed to the right it will, through the instrumentalities described, rockthe lever from its full line to its dotted line position. The latch lever 42 will be caused by its spring 50 to latch the lever 43 in this position. This causes the machine to operate for accumulating. according to my aforesaid application. When the lever 43 is nnlatched, the spring 51, attached to the start key 49 and to the frame 18, turns the parts to their normal positions with the lever 43 in its full line position to stop the accumulating operations of the machine.

When the machine takes a reading of the first card the frame 15 is prevented from rising by reason of the locking plate 25 bein in its normal left hand position with its stop members 52, cooperating with the tabs 26 to prevent movement of the pins 14 relative to the frame 15. These pins then reoperating with stop tabs 13 on the sensing pins will not be able to rise. so that the frame 15' will also be held down. The member 28 then will renmin' out of the path of the end 29 of lever 30, and said lever will he permitted to rock, depremimg link 31, nnlatching lever 43, and causin the machine to stop for a. totaling operation. When the machine is put through its totaling operation, in the manner described in my aforesaid application, the shafto?) (Fig. l) is rocked in a counterclockwise direction and held in such position durin the totaling operations. Fixed on this s aft is a lever. 54 connected by a link 55' to the lever 56 anil this on :1 shaft 57 connected through beveled gears to a shaft 59. 7 Fixed on shaft 59 are came 60 and 60' having cam grooves ("l and 61' cooperating with the studs 17 and 17. Thus when the machine is set up for totaling the cams 60 and 60 will be rocked clockwise approximately eighty degrees. During this rocking movement of the cam 60'. the outer cam surface 62 is adapted tocooperate with a flipper 63 to rock lever 64 about its tulcrum and to rock a lever 65 fixed on shaft 66. This looks lever 67, also fixed on said. shaft, in a clockwise direction, and through a pin and slot connection the lever 67 connected to a rod r68 assing through a slot 69 in the locking p ates 25. Thus at the beginning of the movement of cam 6d the plates 25 will be moved to the ri ht out of cooperation with tabs 26, thus unlocking the pins 14. When this unlocking takes place the portion 70 of cam 60 will be in cooperation with stud 17 and will have slightly depressed frame 15 to relieve tabs 26 and 52 of s ring pressure friction. As soon as this un ocking takes place the cam groove 61 will raise stud 1.7 and also frame l 15. This takes placewhen the machine is taking its next reading. This reading is, of course, of the same card that was read during the previous cycle which stopped the accumulating and card feeding operations of the machine. During this cycle the toggle 20 is broken again and it is at this time that the frame 15 is raised. In Fig. 3 some [of the pins 7 are shown as having advanced to the right, perforations in a card 11. The stop tab 13 of these particular pins will also advance to the right while the tabs 13 of the pins that did not advance to the right will remain in their normal positions. Some of the pins 14 will now rise and others will be stopped depending upon the positions of the several stop tabs 13. After this takes lace the flipper 63 will ride .down from heraxsed' portion 62 of cam 60' and permit spring 71, attached to lever 65, to rock the latter and also lever 67 counterclockwise, moving the plates :25 to the left. lhis will lock the pins 1t in the position which they occupy in rea sponse to the reading of the card. During the remainder of the clockwise stroke of cam 60 a slot 61' depresses stud .17 and withdraws the frame 15 to its lower position. This in turn withdraws the pins 1% from their reading cooperation with stop tabs 13.

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ude'd 'imthe f th first of-thciaeloeking operations E10 1" 7 sEsT AVAILABLE COF' 2. In a group control devicefor card-eontrolled machines, perforation sensing elements, means cooperating with said elements and adapted to be locked in accordance with a reading taken by said elements for causing a change in the operation of the. machine when such of the locked-in reading of such members disagrees with the readin of said pins, :1 means for locking said members, Said means being adapted to unlock and relock said members after predetermined operations of the machine.

3. In a group control device for card-controlled machines, a perforation sensing pin, a locked pin adapted to be moved relatively to said sensing pin, means for locking said locked pin in the position to which it moves with respect to sald sensing pin, and means controlled by, said locked pin for causing a change in the operation of the machine when said sensing pin takes a different readin 4. In a control device for card-controlled machines, perforation sensing elements, means for controlling said element's, means movable in response to operation of said control means, a member adapted to be actuated in response to said movable means for controlling the operation of the machine and means for preventing suchmovement of said member upon a change in the readin taken by said sensing element. -5., In a control device for record-controlled machines, record reading elements, a frame, pins supported by said frame, means for locking said pins relatively to said frame in accordance with a reading taken by said reading elements, yieldable means for moving said frame, a control member actuated by movement of said frame, said pins being adapted to prevent movementof said frame when the locked condition of said pins bears other than a predetermined relation to a reading being taken by said elements.

6. In a control device 'forredord-crmtrolled machines, a constantly oscillating member, means resiliently connected to said member to be actuated thereby, said means being adapted When actuated to stop the machine, a record-sensing elemennand means asso ciated with said element adapted when said element takes a changed reading from 0. rec? 0rd for reventing actuation of said. first mentione means. i

7. In a. control device for record-controlled being adapted to control the operation of a machine.

In testimony whereof I hereto aiiix my signature.

JOHN RoYDisN memos. 

